Romeo and Juliet! The ultimate love story that ends in tragedy. But did you know it begins in tragedy, too? Even though their first meeting is all sighs, swooning, and kissing, it also reveals the dark fate of our leading lovers.
Watch this video to learn how Shakespeare uses different literary techniques to portent the tragic doom of our leading lovers, right from their very first exchange.
Written, presented, and edited by Dr Rosie Whitcombe
Directed, produced, and edited by Matty Phillips
Bibliography
Crider, Scott F., ‘How did they know it was a sonnet? The beauty of Romeo and Juliet’s encounter and a return to form’, Moreana, vol. 56 (2019)
Karim-Cooper, Farah, The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment (London: Bloomsbury, 2016)
Perrine, Laurence, ‘When Form and Content Kiss/Intention Made the Bliss: The Sonnet in “Romeo and Juliet”’, The English Journal, vol. 55 (1966)
Shakespeare, William, Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge: CUP, 2005)
Film clips from
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. 1996. [Film]. Baz Luhrmann. dir. USA. Bazmark Inc.
Romeo & Juliet. 2013. [Film]. Carlo Carlei. dir. UK.
Echo Lake Entertainment, Swarovski Entertainment.
Romeo and Juliet. 1968. [Film]. Franco Zeffirelli. dir. UK, Italy. BHE Films, Verona Produzione, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica.
Romeo & Juliet. 2021. [TV Film]. Simon Godwin. dir. UK. Cuba Pictures, National Theatre, Sabel Productions
Music License
Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture performed by Barbara Schubert and the DuPage Symphony Orchestra perform at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville, IL. 11 May 2013. - archive.org/de...
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